Folk Songs

ClementineIn a cavern, in a canyon, excavating for a mine, Lived a miner, forty-niner, and his daughter Clementine. Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry, Clementine. Light she was, and like a fairy, and her shoes were number nine, Herring boxes without topses, sandals were for Clementine. Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine, Hit her foot against a splinter, fell into the foaming brine. Ruby lips above the water, blowing bubbles soft and fine, Alas for me! I was no swimmer, so I lost my Clementine. In a churchyard near the canyon, where the myrtle doth entwine, There grow roses and other posies, fertilized by Clementine. Then the miner, forty-niner, soon began to peak and pine, Thought he oughter join his daughter, now he's with his Clementine. In my dreams she still doth haunt me, robed in garments soaked in brine, While in life I used to hug her, now she's dead I draw the line.

Folk SongsOlivia Quern

Folk Songs: a vast array of musical styles written about work, war, love, or nonsense, etc.

CitationsOh My Darling Clementine. BusSongs Children's Music Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2014.California Gold Miner 1849 - Google Search. California Gold Miner 1849 - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.

By: OliviaQuern

Clementine is a balladthat was sung during the California Gold Rush in the 1849's. It was sung by miners digging for gold.

What miners wore